Tag: Blaise Pascal
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Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.
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We never love a person, but only qualities.
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The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.
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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
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Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
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I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
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There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him.
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The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
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Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?
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